s/cavaliers - Salaries Will Likely Match Due to Poison Pill

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Salaries Will Likely Match Due to Poison Pill

This trade was created for the 2024-2025 season.

FAILED

Rockets

+2 players ($37.6m) +3 picks,

Cap Impact + $25.1M

Mikal Bridges

SF, 6' 6", -0.07 LEBRON
Movement Shooter

$23.3M

2yrs

Mitchell Robinson

C, 0.46 LEBRON
Roll + Cut Big

$14.3M

2yrs

2025 - Round 2

via BOS OR MEM

2026 - Round 2

BOS or WAS holds rights to swap

2026 - Round 2

via DET, MIL OR ORL

+2 Wins

+34.08 MPG

-1.55 Off.

+2.05 Def.

Financial Breakdown

Tax Space

Apron Space

2nd Apron Space

-$22.1M

-$17.4M

-$6.6M

($192.9M)

($195.5M)

This team will be a 2nd apron team after these moves.

Team is hard-capped at the 1st Apron

Outgoing Cap

(Trades)

$12,483,048

Incoming Cap

(Trades)

$37,618,182

Allowable Incoming Cap

$12,483,048

Cap Difference

+ $25,135,134

Standard Contracts

16 Salary Matching

Incoming < $12.4M x 1 + $0

You are over the allowable incoming amount by $25,135,134

Must Waive Players

Houston would have 16 standard contract players after the trade and would need to waive 1 player.

Hard Cap

This trade would result in the Rockets crossing the tax apron of ($178.1M) while hardcapped at the 1st apron. Therefore this trade is not possible. Remove $17.4M of incoming value to remain below the hard cap.

Hard Cap Reasons

Used their bi-annual exception to sign Aaron Holiday.

Financial

Rockets are unable to complete this trade. Since they are now an over second apron team after this trade, they are only able to take back 100% of the salary they are sending out, plus $0.

Rockets can only take back $12.4M in salary based on the amount they are sending out.

Cut $25.1M from the Rockets incoming trade value to make this trade successful for the Rockets.

Knicks

+3 players ($17.7m) +2 picks,

Cap Impact - $24.6M

Jalen Green

SG, 6' 4", -0.12 LEBRON
Poison Pill | Primary Ball Handler

$12.4M

4yrs

Jaylon Tyson

SG, 6' 6", -1.3 LEBRON
Movement Shooter

$3.3M

4yrs

Craig Porter Jr.

PG, 6' 2", -1.27 LEBRON
Secondary Ball Handler

$1.8M

3yrs

2025 - Round 2

via MIL

-3 Wins

-39.05 MPG

-1.32 Off.

-1.82 Def.

Financial Breakdown

Tax Space

Apron Space

2nd Apron Space

$7.0M

$14.3M

$25.1M

($163.7M)

This team will be a over the cap/non-tax team after these moves.

Team is hard-capped at the 2nd Apron

Outgoing Cap

(Trades)

$42,328,326

Incoming Cap

(Trades)

$34,672,112

Allowable Incoming Cap

$53,160,408

Cap Difference

- $7,656,214

Standard Contracts

14 Salary Matching

Incoming < $42.3M x 1.25 + $250K

You are under the allowable incoming amount by $18,488,296

Poison Pill

Jalen Green is on a rookie contract and signed an extension that is to begin the following season. Therefore, he has what is known as a "poison pill" contract. He can no longer be traded for a player making equal money. Instead, his current salary is averaged along with the salaries he is to receive in his extension, and that average becomes his incoming salary for trade purposes. His outgoing value for the Rockets will be $12.4M while his incoming value for the receiving team will be $29.4M.

Cavaliers

+1 player ($0),

Cap Impact - $507K

Miles McBride

PG, 6' 2", 0.07 LEBRON
Secondary Ball Handler

$4.7M

3yrs

+1 Wins

+4.96 MPG

+2.87 Off.

-0.23 Def.

Financial Breakdown

Tax Space

Apron Space

2nd Apron Space

$2.2M

$6.7M

$17.5M

($168.5M)

($171.3M)

This team will be a over the cap/non-tax team after these moves.

Outgoing Cap

(Trades)

$5,218,017

Incoming Cap

(Trades)

$0

Allowable Incoming Cap

$10,686,034

ETPE's Used

(NTMLE, RME, BAE)

$4,710,144

Cap Difference

- $5,218,017

Standard Contracts

12 Salary Matching

Incoming < $5.2M x 2.0 + $250K

You are under the allowable incoming amount by $10,686,034

Roster Compliance

Cleveland would have 12 standard contract players after the trade and would need to get to 14 to be in roster compliance.

LEBRON (Luck-adjusted player Estimate using a Box prior Regularized ON-off) impact data is provided by BBall Index . See how LEBRON is calculated, and explore the data.

Jalen Green has a Poison Pill on his contract, so by next season the salaries will likely match.

Rockets get picks and a needed big man for Green, but still stay competitive with Bridges. IMO they’re pretenders this season.

Salaries Will Likely Match Due to Poison Pill

Rockets

Financial Breakdown

Tax Space

Apron Space

2nd Apron Space

-$22.1M

-$17.4M

-$6.6M

Outgoing Cap

$12,483,048

Incoming Cap

$37,618,182

Allowable Incoming Cap

$12,483,048

Cap Difference

+ $25,135,134

Standard Contracts

16

Salary Matching

Incoming < $12.4M x 1 + $0

Knicks

Financial Breakdown

Tax Space

Apron Space

2nd Apron Space

$7.0M

$14.3M

$25.1M

Outgoing Cap

$42,328,326

Incoming Cap

$34,672,112

Allowable Incoming Cap

$53,160,408

Cap Difference

- $7,656,214

Standard Contracts

14

Salary Matching

Incoming < $42.3M x 1.25 + $250K

Cavaliers

Financial Breakdown

Tax Space

Apron Space

2nd Apron Space

$2.2M

$6.7M

$17.5M

Outgoing Cap

$5,218,017

Incoming Cap

$0

Allowable Incoming Cap

$10,686,034

ETPE's Used

$4,710,144

Cap Difference

- $5,218,017

Standard Contracts

12

Salary Matching

Incoming < $5.2M x 2.0 + $250K

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